LG election: Nobody can dismiss APC in Akwa Ibom — Akpabio

The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio has dismissed insinuations that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is not on ground in Akwa Ibom State, saying that nobody can dismiss his party in the state.

He vowed to ’embarrass’ Akwa Ibom state people with so much projects, appointments and empowerment to erase the common perception that the does not exist in the state.

Akpabio stated this on Wednesday at the Ikot Ekpene Township Stadium, during the APC flag presentation to its candidates and flagging off of campaigns for October 5 Local Government elections in Akwa Ibom.

Expressing optimism that the State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno will allow a level playing ground for all political parties to contest favourably during the LG Polls, the President of the 10th Senate noted that he has fulfilled his campaign promise to take Akwa Ibom to the center of Nigerian politics and promised he would take them even higher.

“APC in Akwa Ibom. I assure you that you haven’t seen anything yet. I will embarrass you with projects. I will embarrass you with appointments and empowerment.

“I promised I was going to take you to the center. Are you not now at the center? This is just the beginning. We will complete it.

“The problem we have today is nothing but empowerment. You have to eat. We are formally launching the Godswill Obot Akpabio (GOA) Back To Farm Initiative.

“I am starting that with 600 bags of fertilizer per local government in the 31 LGAs in the state. My wife is coordinating that. And the fertilizers will come with bags of rice to all the LGAs. Among projects you will have, at least I61 are ongoing, but you will have more than that.

“You have 14 ICT Centers under construction we are going to commission for your use. We have eight ongoing construction of Police Stations. We have 30 schools currently ongoing. Every LGA in my Senatorial District has a modern market project ongoing.

“Before December we are going to commission seven town halls. We are constructing 14 primary health centers. For Intensive Care Hospital, we are doing one to complement what the state government is doing, all to bring quality health care to you people.

“I can confirm that 42 new roads are under construction. We have already, on ground, 25 transformers to take light to villages that do not have. Get ready for empowerment. Many students of the state are going to get cheques for the second phase of their scholarship across my senatorial district.

“Those not going to school are going to be empowered, including the back to farm programme. I thank President Bola Tinubu for the various appointments for Akwa Ibom sons and daughters. There is N50,000 per month to at 1000 beneficiaries to the 31 LGAs. We are going to complement the state government on food distribution.”

Collaborating the stands of the Chairman, Local Organizing Committee of the election, Senator Ita Enang, the Senate President expressed confidence that the State Governor, as a democrat will not stall the victory of any APC candidate in the election.

“He will respect it. I have that confidence that as a man of God he will not want to take away your right. We will win this election,” he maintained.

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